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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 12:23:11 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Here is how to disable user accounts (password and ssh login) in #Linux to prevent login via GUI, SSH, or any other method. See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-delete-user-password/ for more info.

   • Darren Moffat (darrenmoffat@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 12:23:11 JST Darren Moffat

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     @nixCraft Solaris equivalents, just because:
     pkill -9 -u <usrname>
     passwd -l <usrname>
     usermod -s /bin/false <usrname>

     On Solaris -d to passed would leave with an empty password so use -l instead.

   • mercurial idiot (writeblankspace@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 14:50:39 JST mercurial idiot

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     @nixCraft wait, why would anyone do that?

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 14:50:39 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • mercurial idiot

     @writeblankspace If you need to disable login access for a former employee but keep their data in the $HOME directory, follow these steps.